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SUMMARY: AST NEUBERGER BERMAN MID-CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES
The investment objective of the Portfolio is to seek capital growth.
PORTFOLIO FEES AND EXPENSES
The table below shows the fees and expenses that you may pay if you invest in shares of the Portfolio. The table does not include
Contract charges. Because Contract charges are not included, the total fees and expenses that you will incur will be higher than the
fees and expenses set forth in the table. See your Contract prospectus for more information about Contract charges.
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees .90%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees
Other Expenses .15%
Acquired Fund Fees & Expenses -
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses 1.05%
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Example. The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in
other mutual funds. The table does not include Contract charges. Because Contract charges are not included, the total fees and
expenses that you will incur will be higher than the fees and expenses set forth in the example. See your Contract prospectus for
more information about Contract charges.
The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the
end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating
expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
AST Neuberger Berman Mid-Cap Growth $107 $334 $579 $1,283
Portfolio Turnover. The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its
portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual
portfolio operating expenses or in the example, affect the Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year ended
December 31, the Portfolio’s turnover rate was 73% of the average value of its portfolio.
INVESTMENTS, RISKS AND PERFORMANCE
Principal Investment Strategies. The Portfolio invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its assets in common
stocks of mid-capitalization companies. The 80% investment requirement applies at the time the Portfolio invests its assets. For
purposes of the Portfolio, a mid-capitalization company is defined as a company whose market capitalization is within the range of
market capitalizations of companies in the Russell Midcap ® Index. As of February 28, 2010, the weighted average market
capitalization of the companies in the Russell Midcap ® Index was $6.378 billion and the median market capitalization was $3.441
billion. The Portfolio seeks to reduce risk by diversifying among many companies, industries and sectors. The subadviser employs a
disciplined investment strategy when selecting growth stocks. Using fundamental research and quantitative analysis, the subadviser
looks for fast-growing companies with above average sales and competitive returns on equity relative to their peers. In doing so, the
subadviser analyzes such factors as: financial condition (such as debt to equity ratio); market share and competitive leadership of the
company’s products; earnings growth relative to competitors; and market valuation in comparison to a stock’s own historical norms
and the stocks of other mid-cap companies.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Portfolio. The risks identified below are the principal risks of investing in the Portfolio. All
investments have risks to some degree and it is possible that you could lose money by investing in the Portfolio. An investment in the
Portfolio is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency. While the Portfolio makes every effort to achieve its objective, it can’t guarantee success.
Equity securities risk. There is the risk that the value or price of a particular stock or other equity or equity-related security owned by a
Portfolio could go down and you could lose money. In addition to an individual stock losing value, the value of the equity markets or
a sector of those markets in which a Portfolio invests could go down.
Growth style risk. There is a risk that the growth investment style may be out of favor for a period of time. Investors often expect
growth companies to increase their earnings at a certain rate.
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